Lecture Six: The Iron Law of Wages, The Poor Man Pushed to the Wall [Early Modern Period, Late 1700s]

Authors

Earl Clement Davis

Document Type

Manuscript

Files

Date

circa 1905

Summary

Lecture 6 is about the impact of industrial change at the end of the 1700s namely the shift from "cottage" or village manufacturing to factory manufacturing. The results were devastating for laborers, and increased poverty and pauperism. Charitable efforts were not up to the task.

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Keywords

Earl Clement Davis, sermons, minister, Unitarianism, religion, history

Recommended Citation

Davis, Earl Clement, "Lecture Six: The Iron Law of Wages, The Poor Man Pushed to the Wall [Early Modern Period, Late 1700s]" (2022). Origins of Modern Religion, Modern Charity and Modern Labor Problems. 6.
https://commons.clarku.edu/history_manuscripts_1/6

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